Keeping the holiday happy

This is some of the tastiest cookie batter ever (nevermind the raw eggs) I’m not planning to stretch myself thin this holiday. It’s just not worth it. I think people set such high expectations each season and then run themselves ragged trying to pull it all off. The honest truth […]

Ugh!

Well, I woke up this AM to 707 emails in my in-box. About 700 of them were comment spams. Nice. Who the h-e-double-toothpicks is inconsiderate enough to do that? They added about 150 of them a couple of hours later. Running them through Blacklist is a decent solution — although […]

Seven days

Jeesh…I think I forgot how to use my G2 I go back to “work” in one week. I use quotation marks because I’m actually working tonight. I’ve done some small projects while on leave, but I shall be parking my butt in my client’s chair once again starting Monday. This […]

Girl time

At her new favorite store: Global Infusion So Tracy and I spent hours together on Saturday — dining, exploring, shopping and cat-petting. Fun! The Mean Green Burrito was yummy, of course. Then we walked down Cherry and hit the shops in East Hills. From there we headed down Diamond to […]

Stress-free shopping

Decking out my fake pine shwag Today we toured Breton Village again. I come back to this mall time and again because 1) it’s less than a mile from my house; 2) it’s NOT crowded (like the Bath and Body Works store at Woodland yesterday, where 20 stupid women waited […]

Excuses

Eh, I didn’t get the name of this sculpture So many people have posted comments to this site — or emailed me directly. You’ve said nice things, given advice, made observations. The typical stuff. I want you to know that I’ve read every word — and that I appreciate it. […]

Senior citizens rule!

Window at the Gardens During Scott’s time off after Devin arrived, we went on a family outing to the mall. We proudly wheeled our very-cute kid around as every other parent does. The parents we used to see when we were walking around as non-parents. We’d spy their kids in […]

The incredible shrinking Lori

I’m not a big girl. Yet a wee bit over a year ago, some of pants started to get a tad, um, tight. Not a huge surprise to me since my fitness regimen was badly fractured and I didn’t compensate by reducing the amount of ice cream I was eating […]

Dear Devin

OK. It’s official. Devin now has his own little site. A big responsibility for such a young man, true. I’m not entirely happy with this site, nor is it entirely finished. I’ve got plenty of bugs to work out. The problems stem from 1) me only using HTML once a […]

What I did with my morning

This is Alec (friend of Devin): he can blow a mean bubble I made an observation today. This is probably not news to anyone else, but 95% of the people at the mall during the day are moms. As I pushed my stroller from store to store, I noted that […]

Today flat-out sucks

Scott took Pete back to Mackenzie’s this morning. I sat on the floor with him, saying goodbye, before he was loaded in the car along with a bag of toys and treats. I can’t really express how I feel. Pete’s been a very challenging dog for us. There were many […]